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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Ya know - when I was pregnant I exercised faithfully every day -
one hour. Yes - we have to make modifications to our exercise routines
for both Mom & baby safety - however I was at it at least one hour a
day. I attributed my very speedy deliveries to my exercise & I was
thrilled with that. However, if I would have known 24 years ago when I
was pregnant with my first - all that I do now about prenatal fitness
for baby's health - I don't think I would have stopped - ever - my
physical activity during my waking hours. As a Mom - we know everything
is all about our kids - we will do anything for them. We take our
prenatal vitamins & hopefully eat a healthy diet, stop smoking
(forever I hope) stop drinking - getting our exercise while we are
pregnant is right up there in terms of taking care of baby.
As
host of Eat Exercise Live - I have the great fortune to talk daily with
the ultimate researchers. I am not at the mercy of reading magazines
where often times writers are paid to support certain products, beliefs -
very often it is more about the money than conveying accurate
information.
Recently I have just completed a series of the many
blessings we bestow upon our children by exercising throughout our
pregnancies. Let me share some of the more overwhelming points.
Thanks
to the great research of Dr. Linda May of the Kansas City University of
Medicine & Biosciences - we now know that mom's prenatal exercise
actually strengthens baby's heart. Exercise is fabulous for everybody's
heart - but the placenta adapts providing the developing heart a
stronger fetal heart rate. You know the corny song - "a heart beat is a
love beat" - what better way to show love to baby by giving him or her a
stronger heart. Researchers are tracking these children into childhood -
and the news is fabulous. We are seeing long lasting effects of the
stronger fetal heart rate. Researchers are still trying to determine
the various ways this prenatal exercise can be boosting baby's heart
health - but fact is - it is great for us and baby - let's do it!
I
also had the privilege of Interviewing brilliant social psychologist
Dr. Richard Nisbett of the University of Michigan - author of many books
& texts on how we learn - how we acquire intelligence. According to
Dr. Nisbett - exercise at all ages - prenatal through seniors -
increases IQ & cognitive abilities. We all want Baby Genius -
according to Nisbett if we exercise while we are pregnant & we
breast feed - we can substantially increase baby's IQ. Again - we keep
discovering reasons why this works - the fact is it does. Give baby
every opportunity to excel in life.
I think this is absolutely the
most fascinating research - There are many studies that show the long
term effect of prenatal fitness for mom - how 'bout the one from the IOM
that studied women 16 years after the birth of baby - & the women
who exercised during pregnancy and had an appropriate weight gain had
much lower incidence of metabolic syndrome. How bout the studies that
show us women who eat more fast foods during pregnancy not only gain
more excess weight themselves - but baby is born with greater adiposity.
As I said in a previous article - there is nothing cute about baby fat.
However, it is very cool to know we can help make our baby's more
intelligent & give them a stronger heart, by moms sticking to an
exercise routine through out pregnancy. Imagine how many other benefits
there are to prenatal exercise we haven't discovered yet. Everybody
wins!

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Health is everywhere these days. You can't open a newspaper or
turn on a television without seeing health in the news. Like it or not,
health is all around us. Why is this? Well, for starters, it is
important. Most notably, health is a hot topic because we have let it
become an area of stress in our lives.
Think
about the news stories that we see along with health. What else is on
the news? There is war, political scandals, crime and crisis. All of
these subjects have one thing in common: Stress. When we see these
stories they evoke emotion and cause us to feel anxiety.
How did
health get on this list? Shouldn't we be feeling good about health and
healthy living? Well, we should be, but unfortunately that isn't the
kind of story we are getting. We are getting the lack of health in most
news stories. One can argue that this is simply because that is the
state we are in now. Our health has gotten so bad that there is only bad
news to report.
One can say that. In fact, I've said that we are
in a serious situation regarding our health. I see the news, so I know
that there are general problems. More importantly, I work with people,
so I see that there are personal problems.
I see that we all want
to be healthy. I also see that it is difficult for the average person to
be as healthy as they want to be. I see that the status quo is actually
causing more and more problems for us and making it more and more
difficult to live healthy or even to avoid declining health in our
lives.
What can we do? It is important that we emphasize the word
DO. If we do nothing, we will continue to go down the path of poor
health. By closing our eyes and taking what is given, we will not get
where we want to go. By eating what is offered at the cheapest, most
convenient foods, we will not get where we want to go. By letting our
schedules be made for us and going with the flow, we will not get where
we want to go.
The only way to take the stress out of health is to
switch things around. We have to stress health. By stressing health, we
can stop letting health stress us. This is more than just a play on
words.
Think about it:
When we see the stories about health
on the news, what are they telling us? They are telling us that the
health of the world is in jeopardy and we are all heading the wrong
direction. They are telling us that what we are doing is killing
ourselves and our kids. They are telling us that we are not doing it
right and are suffering the consequences now and in the future.
As
we continue to hear messages like this, it gets easier to believe them.
It gets easier to look at our own routine and say, "Wow, I am
unhealthy." While it may be true, it doesn't mean that things have to
stay this way.
That is the first step in turning things around. We
need to understand that health is ongoing and long-term. Health is not a
one day or one week topic. The studies and reports that we see are done
over many months and even years. That data may point to negative
trends, but that doesn't mean we can't change them.
That is the
next step in turning things around. We have to change. If you are going
with the flow and taking only what's given, you are likely part of the
trends that we are reading about and seeing on the news. If you are not
actively focused on your own health, you are likely stressing about it.
By
looking long-term at the life you really want, you can start to make
changes to make it a reality. By doing nothing, you can only give
yourself more issues to stress about. No one wants to be unhealthy. No
one wants stressed out. But for some reason that doesn't seem to be
enough to motive us to change.
Maybe a new way of looking at
health will help motivate people. Maybe we just need to change our
focus. Letting health issues stress us is only going to lead to more
stress. Physical, emotional, financial and all other kinds of stress
will be the norm if we are not actively managing our health. All we have
to do is reverse that model by stressing health. More importantly, we
are stressing healthy habits. When we have health we are able to stress
the important aspects of life: feeling good, having energy and enjoying
our time. Without them we simply stress over the problems that come with
poor habits.
It may be a play on words, but stressing health
instead of letting it stress you can really be the key to changing the
trends. By making health an emphasis at home, work and school, we can
take control. That control allows us to stop stressing about the
problems of poor health and start reaping the benefits of good health.

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

The importance of physical activity for older adults is being studied
more frequently, with many conclusions showing that the more active
older adults are, the more likely they are able to prevent the onset of
diseases. Exercise has proven beneficial in preventing heart disease and
to control other conditions such as arthritis and diabetes.

In
order for older adults to maintain a healthy lifestyle and help them
get the exercise they need, there's a fun solution older adults are
raving about in Utah, called the Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness
Program. SilverSneakers is the nation's leading fitness program designed
exclusively for older adults, and is available at no additional cost to
eligible Medicare members. In Utah, this program is offered to eligible
members of Humana and SecureHorizons by UnitedHealthcare.

This
unique program allows older adults to take charge of their health and
maintain an active, independent lifestyle. "The long-term health
benefits of regular exercise for older adults are compelling," says
Steve Lindstrom, Healthways senior vice president of Active Living. "In
addition to helping seniors stay physically healthy, SilverSneakers also
offers a great way for them to socialize, meet new friends and have
fun."

Every enrolled member of SilverSneakers receives a
membership at any participating fitness center, where members can take
advantage of conditioning classes, exercise equipment, pool, sauna and
other amenities. At each fitness center, there is a specially trained
senior advisor to introduce the member to the program and acquaint the
member with the site.

Every site offers customized SilverSneakers
classes which allow the member to improve their strength, flexibility,
balance and endurance. Additionally, health education seminars and other
events that promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are available.

"It's
those important extras such as social events, health education seminars
and health screening for such conditions as high blood pressure,
cholesterol and flu shot availability that play such an important role
in the overall success of the program," said Mr. Lindstrom. Members also
have the opportunity to take advantage of the national reciprocity
feature of the program, which allows access to any of the certified
2,600 plus participating locations across the nation while traveling.

SilverSneakers
was designed specifically to encourage Medicareeligible individuals to
increase their levels of physical activity and motivate them to continue
to be active. As of September 2007, the SilverSneakers program is
offered in 49 states at no additional cost to more than 3 million
Medicareeligible individuals through its national network

Saturday, October 13, 2012

There is no quick fix for fat loss, optimal health, and longevity.
But, the good news is that there is a way, and I can help you down that
path. I am not interested in attacking any particular product or
program by name. However, I do want to expose the truth about the $58
billion Diet Industry (and rising). Many of the programs and products
marketed today are basically gimmicks full of false promises, magic
potions, and misleading propaganda. Most of these counter-productive
systems result in yo-yo dieting and can be quite dangerous. My hope is
that the next time another quick-fix diet system (or product) surfaces,
you will know better than to believe the hype, or at least that you'll
think twice before you waste your time, money, health, and sanity. In
fact, no sensible diet program will ever compromise your physical or
mental health for the sake of looking good!

Commonly used formulas for fat-loss diets:

Liquid Diets

Most are low-calorie diets

Less than 1000 daily calories translates to starvation

Do you plan on living only on liquids for the rest of your life?

Low-Calorie Diets

Any diet of less than 1000 daily calories will slow your metabolism
and put you at a nutritional risk that could lead to health problems

Reduced energy levels

Decrease in water weight, not necessarily fat

High-protein, Low-carbohydrate, High-fat Diets

Too much protein can put undue stress on your kidneys and other internal organs which could lead to health problems

High amounts of calories from protein, if not used for their intended purpose, can convert to body fat

Fat burns in the flame of a carbohydrate-thus you need carbohydrates to help metabolize fat

Carbohydrates are needed for energy and exercise

Carbohydrates are necessary for brain function-without them you
will inhibit your ability to concentrate, calculate, and coordinate, and
your memory and moods will be affected

High-protein, low-carbohydrate diets can put you into a state of
ketosis, which is not healthy and can lead to loss of lean body mass

Protein is necessary for every cell in the body so a lack of protein can cause deficiencies and health problems

Protein is needed for muscle growth, maintenance, and repair

Excess carbohydrates can convert to body fat

High carbohydrates can cause bloat and puffiness

It is impossible to avoid dietary fats-fat is found in many foods naturally

Some fat is necessary for health and vitality-too little fat can
cause a deficiency in fat-soluble vitamins and essential fatty acids

One Meal per Day Diet

Eating smaller meals throughout the day is important for utilizing
calories more efficiently and creating a constant energy level; both are
important in the overall fat-loss and better health equation

Eating one meal (or two) per day does not generate a steady blood glucose level

Eating one meal per day promotes over-eating especially if that
one meal is eaten at night-starving all day causes you to eat everything
in sight

Eating one meal per day promotes bad food choices because
excessive hunger will cause you to be less selective with your food
choices

One Type of Food Diet

Too much of one type of food causes nutritional imbalances and
deficiencies which can lead to health issues both short- and long-term

All-fruit diets result in water-weight loss, not fat loss

This type of diet can eventually lead to muscle loss, which is
directly linked to your metabolism. Since more lean-body mass means a
more active metabolic rate, you will lose fat more quickly by
maintaining and/or increasing your LBM.

Processed, Packaged, and Man-Made Food Diet

Nutritional value is reduced or eliminated when foods are altered from their natural state

When you cut calories, you lose weight. However, if you only eat
packaged, processed, and man-made foods, your weight-loss potential will
be limited by food quality, and your health may be compromised

Our goal is to lose fat, gain health, function and feel better,
and live longer. Consuming unnatural foods is detrimental to this goal.

Diet Supplements, Diet Pills, Potions, and Products

In
this age of quick fixes, many women try to become healthier and leaner
through massive intake of supplements and so-called "fat burners" (via
drinks, bars, and pills), but there is no magic pill, drink, or bar that
will ensure good health, weight loss, or a long life. Keep in mind; the
consumption of supplements in excess can cause health issues. The use
of diet pills may help you lose weight initially, but once you get off
them the weight will return and you will end up heavier than before.
Also, diet pills have short-term side effects and may lead to medical
problems. As far as magic potions and products like creams and
gadgets-they don't work!

One Part of the Equation Diet

Diet programs that tell you to JUST eat less, or eat better, or eat
low glycemic foods, or eat only raw foods, or eat six meals per day, or
just cut the sugar, or just exercise, etc. may be good ideas and very
helpful to your goals of fat loss and better health- but they don't give
you the complete dieting picture.

Providing only part of the diet equation is like presenting a
puzzle with some of the pieces missing-will you ever complete the entire
picture? NO!

This is the bottom line on restrictive and unbalanced dieting, aka quick-fix diets.

#1 - Poor Health

Since
most quick-fix diets restrict calories or do not allocate the proper
nutrient ratio (protein, carbohydrates, and fat), and even completely
eliminate important vitamins, minerals, and fiber, they put you at a
nutritional risk. This sets the stage for a number of health problems
during your diet, in the immediate future, and further down the line.

#2 - Dehydration

Some
quick-fix diets promote low-carbohydrate intake. However, most of the
weight lost in this manner consists only of glycogen and water. Since
the human body is over 60% water, this kind of diet may lead to
dehydration. Dehydration can cause fatigue, crankiness, stiff joints,
headaches, nausea, aches, electrolyte imbalances, and much more. Severe
dehydration can cause seizures, coma, or even death. The other problem
with water-weight loss is that women are deceived into believing that
they're losing fat. In reality, once carbohydrate intake resumes (even
the good carbs) and the water weight is restored, women mistakenly
believe they've regained all the "fat" they had lost on their diet
programs.

#3 - LBM Reduction

Reduction in muscle mass is a
common result of any type of low-calorie, low- carbohydrate, or
starvation program. In fact, as muscle mass is lost, metabolism slows. A
daily intake of less than 1000 calories is considered starvation, and
the human body will automatically try to salvage body fat just for
survival.

#4 - Decrease in Energy

When calories are
restricted, especially carbohydrates, the body's main source of energy
is limited. This energy is needed for the body and the brain to function
properly. Otherwise, you'll begin to feel tired, cranky, and mentally
slow. You also will not have the energy you need to be active and
exercise. Calories do so much for your body-they provide energy, life,
vitality, and so much more-why would you give that up?

#5 - Body Fat increases

Any type of restrictive or unbalanced diet is a recipe for failure.
The hype behind quick-fix diets is often unsubstantiated-they are based
on gimmicks and full of false promises.

Since most quick-fix diet programs offer ways to lose weight fast
with no regard for health and safety, the results will always be
questionable.

After trying a quick-fix diet program, any attempt to resume
normal, proper eating patterns often causes us to regain more weight
than we lost.

Regaining weight creates desperation, which often causes us to
seek another quick fix. This process eventually leads to chronic yo-yo
dieting, which is a vicious, unhealthy, frustrating, expensive, and
dangerous cycle.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Having reached my 60's and still being in good health, I want to keep
it that way. My relatives tend to live very long and hopefully, I have
inherited the right genes to nudge that along. However, from what I
read and hear, even people with an excellent gene cocktail can enhance
the vitality of their later years, and add to them, with a few simple
steps.

Even
more exciting is that almost anybody can improve their health and
longevity just by attending to a few simple tasks. Some of these
"tasks" are actually quite pleasurable and rewarding, and therein lies
even more good news.

I'm going to skip the parts about nutrition
and exercise per se. Those two areas are generating tons of literature,
and often conflicting reports about the value of this nutritional item,
that diet, or some particular exercise or exercise program. The bottom
line here is that if you are not staying on top of everything going on,
start taking a daily multivitamin, take regular walks or other
physically demanding activity, get some rest, learn to relax, and see
your doctor regularly.

Now, let's talk about the two other things
that anybody can do to help their body and brain survive longer and in
better health. Let's talk about activity and connectivity.

Activity:

Yes,
I know I mentioned "exercise" already. While exercise certainly IS
activity and DOES fit into this discussion, I want to look at activity
from a slightly different angle for the moment. When I use the word
"activity" here, I really mean...well...activity. Having a wide range
of activities in your life pushes a lot of physical and mental buttons
that help keep the juices flowing. This can be anything from taking the
grandkids to the zoo, to gardening (exercise...okay, taking the
grandkids to the zoo is exercise), needlepoint, following sports,
keeping up with the news, writing letters to the editor, working
crossword puzzles, reading books and so on. More good news. Sex
qualifies as a beneficial activity!

The point is that when we
regularly produce interest and challenge for our bodies and minds, they
respond by staying a little younger a little longer. While aging and
its effects are ultimately inevitable, the pathway we travel and the
experiences we have along the way are very much under our control most
of the time.

Years ago, I was the business manager for a mental
health facility in Florida. We had a geriatrics program. It was
heart-breaking to see these people, many of whom seemed perfectly
healthy for their age, just sit and stare, ask the same questions over
and over, or retreat into some internal closet where they waited for
death.

Dianne, the RN in charge of the geriatric program, told me
that most of those people should not have wound up there. They had
simply slid down the slippery slope that begins to become created when
we start to lose interest in people and events around us. As friends
their age began to pass away, as children moved off to start their lives
elsewhere, as society found new entertainments and interests about
which they knew little, they began to barricade off parts of their lives
until they found themselves carted off to a geriatric program in the
basement of a local church while they waited for their blank or boring
days to end.

Dianne explained that often something as simple as a
hobby or reconnecting with a loved one or finding new contacts and
interests was all that was needed to produce almost miraculous changes
in the person...or to prevent them becoming isolated and aged in the
first place.

This brings up the second point.

Connectivity:

By
connectivity, I simply mean being a part of the community. It has been
shown that married people, for example, tend to live longer and
healthier lives than those living alone. Interestingly enough, the
state of the marriage has less to do with it than the existence of the
relationship itself. People with pets tend to live longer healthier
lives than those without. As alluded to above, those without
connections to other members of society may age more rapidly, both
mentally and physically, than if they were so connected.

Another
point of this, by the way, is that being a part of some "society", large
or small, can be a make or break factor in this aging stuff. People
who go to church and who are a part of that community, or people who
take part time jobs or volunteer can find a position which helps define
them and anchor them to the living, breathing community around them. So
many people, my father included, die shortly after retirement having
accepted the loss of their defining job or position as an end to a
lively definition of self. Many researchers have speculated that no
longer having a context and definition of who and what they are
contributes to an earlier decline and death.

While there is no
magic bullet as yet to prevent the effects and ultimate result of aging,
by maintaining an interest in life, remaining an active participant,
and interweaving your life with the lives of others may be a step
towards a longer, healthier senior life and lifestyle. It's more fun,
too!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Today nearly everyone it seems has some kind of health issue. If
it's not a serious internal illness like cancer, tumors or heart
disease, then it's joint or mobility issues, inability to focus or any
of thousands of different ailments affecting people today. Of course the
human body is an immensely complex work of art and biology so the more
complex something gets, the greater the chances of something going
wrong.
This
is evidenced by the fact that there are so many tens or hundreds of
millions of people who simply don't feel well. The reasons for this are
actually simpler than most are ready to believe. The mainstream media
makes everything so complex that most simply can`t believe that simple
things such as what foods you eat, deep breathing, exercise and simple
meditation for example can actually alleviate so much of their chronic
health issues. It's obvious that the truth about what really causes
illness and what the true regulator of health and healing are never
going to come from mainstream sources.
While more and more are
coming to understand the role that nutrition plays in disease and
healing, even this is only a secondary reason for illness and health.
It's true that if our environment were pure and we were only eating a
variety of truly healthy, organic and raw foods in their natural state
this alone would keep us healthy and barring accidents guarantee us a
strong, healthy and long life. But there is still something more to why
those foods are healthy that most either don`t talk about or simply
don`t understand to the degree necessary to truly benefit from.
With
all the advertising out there trying to push a new pill that will cure
all your ills, it can be very easy to get confused even for those of us
who know what is hype and what is real. You often have to dig deep and
long to find the real truth.
The Chinese in their search for the
"elixir of immortality" researched everything from minerals, herbs,
various drug and mineral combinations, some of which would be considered
complex even by today's standards. Much of this was done by a group
known as the Taoists monks. Taoism is one of the three major religions
of China along with Confucianism and Buddhism. The Taoists were often
some of the most practical, realistic and scientific. They were
searching for anything and everything they could find to help them live
as long as possible. They did this not because they were afraid of
death, but because the longer they could keep the body alive, the more
time they had to cultivate their spiritual training and achieve oneness
with the universe.
In their centuries of constant research they
discovered a tremendous amount of vital information that is still in use
today. It was after many thousand of deaths through mineral and drug
experiments that they discovered that the true "Elixir of Immortality"
was not in any external potion, mineral, drug or even herbs, but it was
already inside the body in the form of one's own life force or chi.
For
those who may already be somewhat familiar with the principles of
Chinese medicine and chi theory, this may not be too much of a surprise.
If you`ve practiced Chinese medicine or other eastern and natural
healing methods then you know how important your life force is to your
well-being. This is not simply a belief but is something very real that
is constantly being backed up by modern research in the fields of
physics and medicine. We are not only a physical being but a spiritual
being as well. We have a physical body and an energy or spirit body. We
are also beings of light, luminous beings not just crude matter itself,
but living matter with life, thoughts, spirit energy and more.
As
the physicist Popp has also come to understand, our bodies are indeed
store houses for bio-luminescent energy and this is in fact how all our
cells communicate. This is the reason why sunlight is so vital for
health and healing. While this knowledge is a far cry from what western
medicine would have us believe, it is indeed nonetheless true. The west
tries to convince everyone that a human being is nothing more than a
mechanism that is not capable of self healing, or at least certainly not
without their interventions through drugs and surgery.
In times
of catastrophic accidents or acute illness, surgery and drugs can be
life savers and it`s good we have them. But in the vast majority of
health issues today such intervention is simply not needed. When the
right energy techniques, nutrition and other healing techniques are
employed the body can and will heal itself according to it`s own
blueprint.
Western medicine takes the mechanistic view of the
body, that the body is like any machine and that since our machines
can't repair themselves, neither can your body. Even when the body is
shown to heal countless times once it's given the right nutrients and
conditions, most western doctors still stubbornly refuse to believe that
the body healed without some so called "wonderful drug" of their own
creation.
If a person is ever healed of anything serious such as
cancer, tumors or the like, they stubbornly, blindly and arrogantly
conclude automatically that the person was "misdiagnosed". Either way it
shows the failure of most western medicine when dealing with
non-communicable internal illness. If they misdiagnosed it in the first
place or they could not cure it no matter what it was, either way this
shows the abysmal failure of their techniques and approach.
The
reason that Chi is the most important single factor in your health is
because your entire body is essentially a large bio-electric magnet.
It's known that without these magnetic fields, life could not occur.
Cells have an electromagnetic field (EM) and it`s this field of energy
that keeps each cell alive. The stronger the EM field, the stronger each
cell is and the more resistant it is to decay and death.
Chi is a
type of bio-electric energy, but it's not the type that can be measured
with a volt meter. It exists in a slightly different plane and level
but still strongly interacts with this world. Whatever it's called the
human body has and needs this life force to survive. When cultivated,
this life force can enable one to perform great feats of strength,
power, and healing. For health purposes it enables one to heal from
serious illness and most importantly, prevent such illnesses from
occurring in the first place.
When man first started to go into
space and orbited the earth in the 60's, NASA noticed that their
astronauts were getting fatigued very quickly once they switched over to
their internal oxygen stores. NASA was hard pressed to discover just
why this was occurring as it was vital to the continuation of the space
program. After spending some time analyzing the difference between earth
air and the pure air they were storing in their oxygen tanks, they
finally realized that the pure air the astronauts were breathing was
devoid of a critical element that is abundant in normal earth
air.....Ions. Specifically...negative ions. They learned that the
potential gradient or electrical potential of the air in the capsules
was near zero, where as on earth it was far stronger.
It`s also
known that the potential gradient of the air is much stronger in the
country than it is in large cities. It's also very strong in the
mountains and near the oceans due to the actions of waves, water and
sunlight which generate large amount of negative ions. Negative ions are
also generated after thunderstorms which is what gives the air that
pure, strong, fresh and energetic quality afterwards. Static electricity
and lightning, which is really just a huge static discharge are all
proof of the energetic quality that exists in the air.
So what
NASA did to solve the fatigue problem is install negative ion generators
in their space capsules and space shuttles to ionize the air and fill
it with negative ions, thus solving the problem of space fatigue.
Negative
ions and/or chi interact with the body at the cellular level. The
electromagnetic field of cells has a very selective force field as part
of their defense mechanism which allows various nutrients and waste
material to enter and leave the cell but keeps pathogens, viruses and
bacteria out. This field performs a similar function to the cellular
walls. This is also why making sure that we get enough EFA's or
Essential Fatty Acids in our diet like Olive Oil, Coconut oils and other
Omega-3 oils are so vital.
When we eat foods with hydrogenated
oils for example, they disrupt the function of the cell walls not only
on a physical level but an energy level too. That's because hydrogenated
oils are only one molecule away from being plastic and are in fact a
type of celluloid plastic. Plastics are pretty good inhibitors of
electrical energy flow. So the cell wall not only loses its physical
barrier but its EM shield is compromised as well. This leaves each cell
open to being invaded, mutated and destroyed from within.
The
stronger we can make that EM field of our cells, the stronger is the
energy flowing through our bodies and the greater is our immunity and
resistance to invaders and disease. This EM energy along with light (A
type of EM energy itself) is how our organs are energized and
communicate with our brains (An EM generator). This makes our bodies
much more resistant to disease, degeneration and decay. As the martial
artists learned, not only is health and resistance greatly increased,
but even ones physical strength and toughness of body can be greatly
increased through focusing on the chi or EM energy of the body.
The
latter is a big part of how advanced martial artists practicing the
disciplines of advanced Iron shirt or Iron body do in fact make their
bodies so tough that baseball bats, bricks and even knives and other
edged weapons can not penetrate their bodies. Through years of
specialized training techniques including deep diaphragmatic breathing,
meditation and certain physical exercises, the body can eventually
become so tough that anything less than a gunshot will not penetrate or
damage the body or even skin. Chinese martial artists have been
responsible for greatly advancing the understanding of Chi, which has in
turn been applied to the fields of health and healing.
This is
why in teaching and lecturing over the years many martial arts masters
with deep understanding of energy science talk so much about chi.
Because in order to truly get to the root of all health issues and
restore life, the chi must be built up, purified, and its flow and
balance increased. In the presence of a body with a calm, relaxed mind
all of these will occur at a far higher rate than normal. This is why
learning to calm down the mind is so important to health and longevity
as modern research is constantly reaffirming.
As a human being you
know that you're not just a mechanism or some biological robot. You
have feelings, thoughts, emotions, dreams and aspirations and a desire
to learn, create and expand all the time. These are qualities of the
spirit and things that no machine could ever truly have. A machine may
be able to be programmed to emulate those actions and emotions, but it
doesn't truly posses them because such experiences are spiritual
qualities that no machine could attain.
Western medicine loves to
explain feelings and emotions simply in terms of physical causes
claiming them to be nothing more than hormones, neurons firing or
chemical reactions. It`s the ebb and flow of ones chi that is giving all
cells, hormones and neurons in the body the bio-electric power they
need to perform the jobs for which they were created. Without chi, the
body is dead. Just as a robot or cyborg would be dead without energy and
nothing more than a non functional lump of matter.
If you have
ever seen a lifeless body, you would just see how the life is no longer
there, that the body has almost become just like a lifeless machine with
no movement, no energy, no life. The point is that our bodies without
that bio-electric energy is essentially just a lump of flesh. It's the
chi and our spirit that gives life to the flesh and body and without it
our bodies simply deteriorate back into dust from whence they came. That
is why the more chi we have, the more life we have, the stronger we`ll
be and the longer we`ll live. Breathing techniques coupled with a calm,
relaxed mind are the most effective methods to build up and increase our
energy reserves and thus our life force.
When we do physical
exercise we are also building up more of this energy which is why
exercise is so important to health. But the Chinese were never big on
heavy, hard, tiring exercises except under certain controlled conditions
and on a limited basis. This is good news since most people don`t like
to life huge amounts of weight or the idea that you have to workout to
failure to achieve health or fitness. This is especially important at
the higher levels of energy cultivation where maintaining certain energy
levels in the body becomes very important and is especially true for
the higher spiritual practices of enlightenment.
Everything that
is done in the modern lifestyle from sitting in office buildings with
very poor air circulation of ion dead air, to having too many machines
doing work for us, eating processed dead foods, all pollute and destroy
the balance of our bio-energy. This also greatly drains our limited
stores of enzymes needed for digestion and immune activity.
Chronic
stress, fear, and worry all set up a situation in our body where chi is
constantly being drained and scattered at an incredible rate. This is
another reason why so many people either age prematurely or simply have
no energy with such low immunity that they're bodies are breaking down
at an incredible rate. This is also another major cause of infertility
in both men and women which is something we`re seeing more and more of
today.
When were born we received a certain amount of energy
called Yuan Chi or "Original Chi" from our parents at conception. The
strength, purity and quality of this chi is determined by the health of
the parents at the time of conception. The mental and emotional state of
the parents at this time is also critical to the developing fetus.
Even
western science is now beginning to understand this through the field
of Epigenetics. Epigenetics is a relatively new field of genetic study
that now understands that your genetics do not control the body as was
taught for so long, but that it`s really the mind along with it`s
thoughts, beliefs and emotions that truly controls and influences the
genetics and DNA.
This is in perfect accord with ancient Chi-gung
axiom which states "The mind controls the chi and the chi controls the
body". The Taoists and martial artists have known this for thousands of
years which hopefully gives you a little idea into just how far ahead of
the west they are in the true understanding of the human body.
The
good news is that this even if you didn`t inherit such great energy and
genetics from your parents there are many steps that you can take to
strengthen and improve your own energy and health. The majority of those
handicaps can be overcome with proper attention to diet, learning to
breath correctly, calming the mind, exercise and other lifestyle
changes.
By charging up more and more of that battery in your
lower abdomen where energy is stored in the human body we can greatly
enhance and strengthen our energy flow and thereby our health. Breathing
exercises such as the 8 pieces of brocade, chi-gung meditation and
other energy generation techniques will greatly improve the four main
characteristics of our chi which are the quantity, quality, balance and
flow of our energy.
The truly best way to understand these
concepts is through practice, for that is the only way to truly know
that chi energy is very real and just how effective it can be at
enhancing all aspects of your life. This is what happens when we have
the true understanding and the proper view of no only health and
healing, but of human existence itself.
This is something that can
only be experienced, especially for those who are not sure what to make
of chi or whether it's real or not. Through the practicing of breathing
and meditative arts you will come to see and feel in a relatively short
time that the human energy is indeed something very real and very
powerful force for self improvement on all levels. Health, strength and
peace of mind and can truly be achieved making the human experience
something so much more enjoyable than you might now believe. The end
result of this is not only far greater health and energy, but freedom
from fear, worries and doubt that so often keep us from achieving our
goals in life.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Most of us will agree to the fact that our Faith is the most
important out of the four keys. Then comes our Family...followed by
Fitness or your health & then your Finances.
Your Faith is personal to you and I am not going to interfere unless you feel that you need some help.
Most
people out there are struggling with the family situation resulting in
at least a 50% divorce rate, kids without mentors & emotionally
starved & divorced even before it gets to the physical separation.
Again I am not a counselor and will not interfere now unless you reach
out for help.
The third F....Personal health is one of the most
critical aspects to your overall success because if you don't feel good,
it is impossible to do any good. You cannot motivate yourself to get
going and procrastination with the enemy called average takes over. You
have to learn the basics of health and understand how your body is
struggling to maintain. It is crucial for you to know how your body
functions & give it all the help it can get to nourish &
flourish instead of just survive. You have to find a way to help
regenerate new cells and slow the aging process. You have to flush out
the toxins accumulated in your body. You have to find a way to get the
right nutrition in your body with enough anti-oxidants to help fight the
free radicals. Add some energy food to the mix and you are well on your
way.
The final F....the captivating but elusive finance. Someone
said money is not everything but it's right up there with oxygen! I just
read the headlines yesterday...2 million jobs will be lost just this
year alone. It's about time we reprogrammed ourselves with knowledge
instead of just 'education'. It's time we educated ourselves out of the
system. Long gone are the days of finish school, get a good 'job', sign
up for the 401K plan, chug along until pension kicks in! Except that
401K's are now 4K's, Pensions are down to pittance, retirement is pushed
back to another 15/20 years, jobs are as flaky as the debt ridden
system we're a part of....So what's the good news you ask?
The good news is that the economy is booming in the people based business. Here's how you do it...
1. Create or Identify a Need in the marketplace
2. Find a convenient solution to that need
3. Make sure that the solution is unique & patented
4. Team up with like minded people to build a network by sharing the idea
5. Let the power of multiplication go to work for you
To find out how I am a part of this phenomenon I welcome you to visit my website...

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Most
of us are eager for a long life. Some of us are even desperate to
regain your youth. That's why so many of us decide to get fit and join a
fitness club. Great idea! But not so good if you heave weights or
jog yourself all the way to the hernia or knee surgeon.

But in
reality, you don't need to damage yourself to be fit. At the same time,
you don't need to treat yourself with kid gloves either. What we
really need at our age is a route to superb fitness without hurting
ourselves ...

2. The Bad News First

Now, I hope your heart can take this because there's bad news from the start before we get to the good news.

Do you remember the saying, Life Begins At 40?
It's supposed to be a cheering thought. But the harsh truth is that
for many people life does begin at 40: it begins to deteriorate. Now,
if you weren't so tough, this could almost put you off asking the same
question about life after 50, or 60 or 70, couldn't it?

Luckily,
you're tough. And you've accumulated the wisdom of a prophet too
because you can see into the future. You know in your bones that
inactivity will make those bones progressively weaker. And you know
it's the same with your muscles if you allow it.

3. The Second Bad News

If
you allow this to happen, your metabolism will also diminish. A
diminished metabolism reduces the ability of the body to burn fat.
Reduced fat burning leads to fat storage. Storing fat leads to greater
weight. Greater weight leads to greater inactivity, and ... well, you
get the picture.

But because it's you, you're not going to allow
this to happen. Instead, you're thinking about going jogging or joining
a gym or perhaps taking part in fitness classes. If so, that's great.
Well, maybe it's great.

4. The First Great News

It's
great because the really good news is that inactivity, muscle loss,
decreased metabolism, poor eating and the accumulation of fat are not
inevitable bi-products of aging at all. To a large extent, they are due
to individual decisions. To put it another way,

· it's not your metabolism that slows you down

· it's you that slows down your metabolism.

Everyone's
muscular-skeletal system is constantly regenerating and a muscle is a
muscle no matter how old it is. Therefore, it responds to exercise at
any age. The point is that loss of muscle and muscle fitness along with
increases in weight are not essentially connected to age at all. What
they are connected to is a type of lifestyle. But in this everyone has a
choice.

Naturally, due allowance should be made for previous
inactivity and current health before embarking on an exercise program.
In fact, it would be sensible to seek medical advice before beginning
any new physical activity, preferably from a medical practitioner
familiar both with you and fitness.

5. More Great News

But, in essence, this means that workouts for older individuals need not
differ markedly from those of younger people. Naturally, you need to
be careful to avoid injury and probably take longer rests to recover.
But in all essentials, in the words of another well-known phrase, use it or lose it.

Looking
on the bright side, making the choice to keep active is easier than
ever because there are probably greater opportunities and facilities
available than for previous generations. Golf and tennis are still
enormously popular as well as swimming and dancing. Fitness clubs and
associations have appeared all over the place.

6. Jogging To The Surgery

But
consider this. We are not alone. Lots of deteriorating middle-aged
citizen desperadoes have already decided to join a gym, try out all the
fitness equipment, start heaving weights or a jogging program to
preserve their youth after 25 or 30 years or more of inactivity.

Pill and potion pushers are happy with this. So are chiropractors. So are joint and hernia surgeons. Business is brisk.

That's
why it's best to take it easy at first. If you've been inactive for a
long period of time there's a really, really good chance that it will
take more than a few workouts before you become a world champ. Bet you
knew that didn't you?

So, don't be too impressed by all the
gadgetry in gyms these days. Most of it you can forget. My general
advice would be to opt for non-weights based fitness program of a
bodyweight exercises. It's safer and gets you fitter than practically
everyone thinks possible.

7. Fitness Side Effects

We do much more than we generally think when working out.

This is because it's easy to think only of the benefits to the body. For example, we improve the capacity of our heart to pump greater amounts of blood. We also expand the ability of the lungs to supply oxygen to our blood and improve the ability of our muscles to utilise oxygen supplied by the blood. The better we do this the fitter we become.

But
there's more - as well as becoming physically better in the usual sense
of physical fitness, exercise also improves the circulation of blood to
the brain.

8. Boost Your Brain Power

This brings at least two valuable benefits.
The first is that it reduces the risk of strokes. The second is that
it promotes the delivery of oxygen to the brain and improves its
capacity to receive it.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

The reader is urged to make his own conclusions after reading this
article. Everyone is independent in making their own choices for their
own lives. Take what helps you from this article and use it to keep
yourself healthy. If something you read here does not apply to your life
or your current situation, then pass that information on to others whom
it might help.

Choosing
independence instead of depending on a nursing home or physical
rehabilitation and care center can be the difference between life and
death for you.

If this sounds unbelievable to you, do some research on the net and see what info is available to you about nursing homes.

Most
of the stories that you hear about nursing homes are true. Society
sometimes paints a picture of nursing homes or assisted living homes
being the epitome of freedom and independence for senior citizens. But
in reality, some of them are more like prisons than they are like
hotels. If you are sitting in your own living room reading this and if
you are dreaming that when you get older you will retire to a nursing
home, think it over. Think again, and please reconsider your retirement
plans. Depending on where you are located, depending on the individual
place that you choose, your future life could resemble the life of an
inmate, only you will have willingly given away your freedom by choice.
You could sit there and think that I am exaggerating or you can keep an
open mind and hear me out. Listen to what you might have to live with if
you choose to live the rest of your days in a nursing home.

You might have to:

Spend hours each day sitting in an uncomfortable wheelchair even if you do not need a wheelchair.

Spend hours each day waiting to be accompanied to the bathroom or wheeled to the bathroom.

Spend hours each day in a dining room that smells like it really needs to be cleaned.

Spend hours each day trying to figure out where your own clothing is.

Spend hours each day begging staff to bring clothing to your room so that you can leave your room.

Miss your rehabilitation therapy because the staff lost your
clothing and you are not allowed out of the room without your clothing.

Spend days and even weeks waiting for a phone call because you
have no phone in your own room and no staff will pick up the pay phone
when it rings.

Eat what they bring you even though you did not order that food.
And beg them to change your menu even though you have put your changes
in writing and they have made the changes in writing but they still
bring the wrong food to you.

Beg and plead and cry for the staff to bring you to your room
and wait for hours and hours to get help because they are short-staffed,
especially on weekends.

Wear other people's clothing because they have lost your own
clothing. You will wear clothing that does not fit you. And you will
wear clothing that is stained all because you have lost so much of your
freedom while living in that nursing home.

Be extra careful and extra vigilant when they are giving you
your medication because sometimes they give the wrong medication to the
wrong patients. (I saw in one instance where they were giving the wrong
medication to a resident and thank God the resident noticed the mistake
and stopped them. What if this resident had been mentally-disabled and
didn't notice the difference? That patient would have been wrongly
medicated and would have perhaps died.

Lose your freedom of choice in so many areas of your life.

Be exposed to seriously mentally-ill individuals that are bunked on the same floor that you are bunked on.

Be at risk of being attacked by patients who wander the halls
because they are physically-fit to do so but not mentally-fit to do so.
This list is only the tip of the iceberg. I have not listed everything.
You need to decide for yourself if you will remain independent or not.

Does all that sound horrible to you? Does all that sound
unbelievable to you? Yes, it might sound that way. But reality is that
all of these things can and will and did happen to residents in one or
two nursing homes and rehabilitation and care centers right here in the
United States of America. Just recently there was a news item that one
resident died of bedsores and of maggots in his eyes. How in the world
can a nursing home not notice a man develop maggots? The reality of this
is that maggots would not first appear in a human's eyes but would
first appear somewhere else on the body. The eyes are one of the last
places that the maggots would appear. We know this just from knowing
what happens to animals when they get fleas or other insects in their
bodies. If you have a kitten or cat, and that animal develops fleas, the
first fleas will appear on the body or tail. Once the animal gets
infested with fleas, then the fleas will disperse to other parts of the
body like the eyes and ears of the animal . Same thing with humans. Most
likely those maggots first appeared on the human's torso or other body
part long before the maggots progressed onto the man's eyes. Yet, this
happened in a nursing home in the United States, not in a foreign
country, but right here in the United States. After hearing this are you
still thinking of living in a nursing home for your senior years?

Do this for yourself. Use a major search engine and put in the words nursing home, put
yourself on alert so that you receive any and all news regarding
nursing homes in America (or in foreign countries where you live). In
less than one week, you will receive hundreds if not thousands of alert
news bulletins that will bring you all the news that is related to any
and all nursing homes in America or in your country. Most of that news
will be bad news. Most of that news will tell you of all the horrible
things that are happening to residents of nursing homes today. Try this
and you will prove to yourself that every word that I typed here is the
absolute truth. Do yourself a favor and do whatever you can do to stay
in your own home and in your own apartment independent so that you never
have to wind up inside a nursing home by yourself.

Near the
bottom of this article there is a link for a page that tells you the
truth about nursing homes and rehabilitation care centers in America.
Check out that page if you ever consider living inside a nursing home.
Check out that page if you ever are in need of services of a
rehabilitation and care center as most of these therapy places are
located inside of these nursing homes. Once you admit yourself to a
rehabilitation and care center you are opening up yourself to the
possibility of living in that nursing home for the rest of your life. I
have actually witnessed someone go from mildly inactive (due to a
surgery) to almost vegetative state due to the lack of care and
negligence and malpractice inside of a rehabilitation center that was
housed inside of a nursing home. Once the person was in the rehab
center, they transferred him upstairs to the nursing home, in error and
once he was upstairs the degree of care went from some to none. The
center thought this person had no family so they proceeded to treat him
like they treat many who have no visitors come there. And then one day
when the visitor was able to finally visit, they found this patient
laying in bed with nothing on but a diaper and t-shirt. The patient was
not allowed out of the room without clothing and there was no clothing
inside his room even though his family had brought over seven shirts and
six pairs of pants, and underwear and t-shirts that were brand new. All
of this man's clothing was lost and he was basically a prisoner in his
room, in his bed due to that lack of care, lack of organization and due
to the loss of all (not some) of his own clothing. Finally, when family
mentioned the situation to staff, they scurried around to find someone
else's clothing for him (because they could not find his own clothing).
So that is what happened on weekends when the staff thought no one was
visiting. Another weekend, family came upstairs and they were horrified
at the odor on the floor that the family member was staying on. They got
off the elevator and smelled this horrible smell throughout the entire
floor and the staff didn't even seem to notice the odor. Was the odor
from patients who were forced to sit in wet clothing and in wet diapers
for hours at a time? What was the odor from? Even the dining room
smelled of this foul odor. One family member of a different resident
actually brought their own odor-repellent because they were almost
vomiting from the odor on the floor. This is what some nursing homes are
like.

Why isn't this on the front page of the news? It is not on
the news because the nursing homes and rehab centers prepare the place
and put it into better condition when they believe they will have the
most visitors. In other words, during holidays or during the most
heavily-trafficked visiting hours, the facility puts on more staff and
assigns more staff to those areas where the visitors will be. By doing
this, the nursing home and rehab centers can present a place that
appears decent. Then once all the visitors are gone, the staff
mysteriously disappears to somewhere else and hte conditions in the
nursing home go back to the horrible conditions that existed before the
visitors came. That day when the place smelled horrible, ti was very
early--before the majority of the visitors came to visit. The place
would smell like that horribly for hours, and then before the larger
number of visitors were to visit, the staff would then get busy changing
the residents diapers or getting the odors out of the rooms so that
when the visitors came to visit they would see that -supposedly-- that
residents were being cared for. No one would know the truth unless they
had been there one or two or three hours earlier. (For example, if they
expect the most visitors late afternoon on a Saturday, that means all
Saturday morning, residents could go without their diapers being changed
and no one would know and no one would care. That probably is what
caused the horrible odor throughout the hallways that day. (A
combination of diapers' odor and unclean floors and unclean laundry
laying around in the hallways probably was the cause of the disgusting
odor in the hallways). Why didn't the residents complain? They probably
did. The ones that are able to be verbal do tell their family members
what the place is like but when the family finally comes to visit, the
family sees that the place looks nice and they think the seniors are
making up stories. Another reason why this is not front page news is
because usually when these places are having their inspections they are
warned ahead of time and they have a chance to clean the place up. There
is a vicious cycle going on in many of these bad nursing homes and no
family members are aware of what is happening to their relatives. Do not
kid yourself and do not be a Pollyanna when it comes to the subject of
nursing homes and rehabilitation and care centers. These conditions
exist and they exist today!

I urge you, that if your family member
is complaining of horrible or bad conditions inside of a nursing home,
please believe what they are saying to you, because most likely they are
telling you the one hurndred-percent truth. You need to believe the
residents if anyone is going to get to the bottom of the disgusting
conditions that are happening inside of some nursing homes today. Now
they have people trying to hide this condition and trying to tell people
that the horror stories are not true or that they are exaggerated. When
you hear this and when they tell you that , remember these words, it
is really happening in some nursing homes and inside of some rehab and
care centers, right here, right in the United States of America. It is
happening right under our noses and not many are paying attention to it
because they are not believing this could possibly be happening. You are
reading the words that are telling you the truth. Some nursing homes
and some rehab and care centers in America are treating residents and
patients horribly and they are getting away with it because they can get
away with it. I beg you to believe your family members when they
complain to you about conditions inside of these centers.

The reasons why people end up in nursing homes:

They cannot be left alone in their own homes or apartments because they have started fires with the stove or oven.

They do not know when to take their medication or they forget to take it.

They have flooded apartments because they forget to turn the water off.

They let strangers into their homes and that puts them in danger.

They wander off into the streets and their family has found them and put them in nursing homes.

They have Alzheimer's or some other disease that makes it impossible for them to remain independent.

They got an injury (i.e. broken hip) and they could not afford to stay in their own homes safely.

Those are some of the major reasons why older people or
disabled people end up in nursing homes. (There are more reasons but
those are some of the most prevalent reasons). Knowing these reasons and
knowing the solutions to these problems can keep you or your family
members independent and out of the vicious cycle and circle of nursing
homes and physical rehabilitation and care centers. So, you are asking, what are the solutions to these above-listed problems?

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT AND OUT OF NURSING HOMES AND REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTERS:

FIRES:

Using microwave ovens (that have automatic timers) is one solution
for the family member who leaves the stove or oven on. They can cook by
microwave and thus be safe from oven or stove fires. What if your family
member insists on using the stove or oven after they have already
caused a fire? Close the gas off. Have the gas company come and close
the gas off completely. When the gas company does this it is done in a
safe way. (Use electric heat and hot water and keep the gas off). If you
do not want to close the gas off, divide the house and keep the oven,
stove and gas-operated appliances out of the rooms that the senior
member has access to.

MEDICATION:

Purchase timers or alarm watches to remind the person to take the
medication. Keep a list on the refrigerator and a list near the
television set with reminders of when to take the medication. Some
seniors and disabled people are permitted to have home care or visiting
nurse services visit and this will help solve that problem. You can have
different members of the family telephone the person and remind them by
phone to take the medication. You can set up other reminders also, for
example, you can tell the family member to take their medication when a
certain tv show comes on. (Time it to when the person needs the
medication. Check local tv service to be sure that the timing is
correct. Remember that stations change their shows and change their
listings frequently so use this only as a last-resort method of
reminders. You can have a neighbor visit to remind the person if that is
available to you.

FLOODS:

Floods are real problems in apartments where the seniors or disabled
people live. The solution to this is reminders. If you know that your
family member leaves the water running, you can do a few things to stop
floods. First, always keep a large supply of towels and buckets around
so that just in case there is a flood, there are proper clean up tools
around. Second, if it is physically possible, see if you can safely
limit the water pressure inside of the apartment. So this way when the
faucet is turned on, the water will not come out like the pressure of a
fire hydrant but will come out in a less forceful manner. Third, post
signs on the front door, and on all the bathroom doors, signs that state
did you shut the water off? You can make them funny signs with
little cartoons. That will add a little humor and it won't seem like you
are telling them what to do but it will just be a gentle reminder. If
you have a neighbor who will check in or family member , of course that
really helps things along. You can telephone the person a few times a
day and then remind them to check the water before they go out of the
house or before they go to bed. If you use all these methods, you
probably can avoid any floods.

STRANGERS:

This should be easy enough to handle. Most seniors who let strangers
into the home are those who have hardly any contact with family or
friends. See if the person wants to get involved with the local senior
center. This will give them connections. Have visitors come frequently.
Install a peephole on the doorway or an intercom system and instruct
them to protect themselves and not let strangers into the home. Take the
name off all the sales lists so that visiting salesmen will not knock
on the door. Have an unlisted number. Most times salespeople find
residents by their listed phone numbers. So take the name and address
and phone off all the lists that you can take them off of. And keep them
connected with other family members and other friends. (Most seniors
who are scammed are scammed because they are found to be alone. When
there are repairs to be done or when legitimate service people or
delivery people are to visit, have a family member or two or three of
them be there at the house. This way strangers do not know that anyone
lives there alone. Word spreads fast, and almost always entire
neighborhoods know when a senior or disabled person is living at home
alone. Once the word spreads, that sole person becomes a target of
unscrupulous unwanted strangers or salespeople. If you think this is not
true, listen to your news stations and find out what is happening in
the world.

WANDERING:

How do you stop wandering? It is hard but not impossible. First, let
the person know that they should always have proper identification on
them. And they should always carry their keys with them even if they are
staying at home. Many seniors get locked out and then if they have
Alzheimer's or if they are forgetful they will wander. All of this can
be avoided. Keeping keys handy, having a neighbor on alert, little
things like this helps almost everyone. Having a busy schedule helps
stop wandering. When family members know that someone is to visit soon,
they will be at home waiting for them. Having nice neighbors too, helps.
Do everything you can do to stay and be connected with people (people
you know - not strangers). Sometimes it helps to use memory-improving
tactics --and using these also helps stop wandering. Urge family members
to use calendars, timers and to use the newspapers to keep connected
and to keep up to date on what is really happening in their lives. The
first slipping into wandering is when a person goes for days or weeks
and does not know what day it is. These things can be helped if caught
in time. Urge the person who is living alone to look at their calendars
every day and mark off the day that it is at the end of the day. This
keeps a person connected to reality. Urge them to use alarm clocks even
if they can wake up naturally. Anything that helps routine - helps them.
Most people have large families. Have family members visit (invited of
course. Call the person and say you are coming over; Ask if that is
okay). Solve some of the wandering problems by having help with
shopping. Have meals-on-wheels deliver some meals. Call for take-out
foods. There are many ways to keep from wandering. Have a gps device if
you travel by car. The main and most important thing to do if you or
your family member wanders is to ensure that they always have proper
identification on them, along with emergency contact telephone numbers.
You can give them a Trac phone or a life-alert button . All these are
good solutions and good ways to stay at home and not wind up in a
nursing home or rehab center.

DISEASE and TERMINAL ILLNESS:

Though this is hard it is not impossible. There are still ways to
help family members or to help yourself stay independent and stay living
in your own apartment or home. Remember that most times, staying in
your own place will prolong your life and keep you healthier than if you
are going to give in to live in a nursing home. You can help stay
independent by having home care at your own home. If you cannot afford
home care, try and hire private help. Most people think this is
expensive. But trust me, this probably will be less expensive than if
you go to a nursing home or rehab center. Your life is worth more than
all the money you have so do not hesitate to hire help if hiring help
will keep you independent in your own home and apartment. Try your best
to stay living in your own place and do that by hiring help or by
getting home care (even if you need 24/7 home care, that will be better
than living in a nursing home). In the nursing home, if you wind up in a
bad one, you will be a virtual prisoner and your life might be in
danger. (Note, we said if you wind up in a bad one. But the problem is
that you might not know it is a bad one until you are actually living
there. Only the persons living there know what the real conditions are
like inside the walls of many nursing homes). Use all the rest of the
helps mentioned when you have illness, helps like alarm clocks and
reminder timers, calendars and the connections between family and
friends. If you have terminal illness, you are better off contacting
hospice than you are contacting a nursing home. Most hospices have
better reputations than nursing homes do. Take your chances with hospice
before taking the chance with a nursing home. Most times hospice is
free. (And if it is not free, it is probably covered by your insurance
company). For food and other deliveries, use your same delivery people,
do not try newer stores or companies that ring your bell or come to you
unsolicited. Always think safety first. Check out your options of
meals-on-wheels. You can find this charity through the local Catholic
Charities office or through your local synagogues.

INJURIES:

Falls and injuries are some of the main reasons that some wind up in
nursing homes and in rehabilitation and care centers. So, avoid falls
and spills. You can do this by going slow. For Heaven's sake, slow down.
Know that in this time in your life there is never a reason to rush so
much that you break a leg or other limb. Slow down! You can save your
life by slowing down. It is common knowledge that once a person reaches a
certain age, the most common cause of death happens due to a fall. When
seniors or disabled individuals fall it is more serious than when a
fully-abled person or younger person falls. You will have more
complications and less chances of survival. You will need to survive the
medical system. That means once you enter the hospital you run the risk
of serious infection even if you are there for just a fall. It is
public knowledge that thousands die each and every year from hospital
infections. So once you go into the hospital you are at risk. And if you
go in there older or handicapped, your risk is more than the average
person. So, slow down. Prevent falls and prevent accidents. This is the
very best thing that you can do for yourself. Slow down. I cannot repeat
this enough. Most falls happen in or near the home and the majority of
falls happen because someone was rushing to do something. Other falls
are due to stroke. You can avoid that by watching your diet and your
lifestyle. Take good care of yourself and your body will take good care
of you. If you are smoking or drinking, save your life right now by
stopping those unhealthy habits.

Those are all possible solutions that are available to
you if it fits your lifestyle. Do only what you can do safely. You make
the decisions yourself if you want to be independent or if you want to
live inside a nursing home or rehabilitation and care center. The author
urges you to make intelligent choices for your life. The author of this
article is not a medical or legal professional but writes for
entertainment, information and resources only. The author urges you to
make your own decisions for your life. Regarding the suggestions or
advice in this article, use only what is safe and helpful to you
considering your own lifestyle and your own present living situation.
Brainstorm with your family and friends and come up with the best
solutions to your own problems. Remember that only you know what is best
for you. Read the book, THE GIFT OF FEAR by Gavin DeBecker. This is a book that urges you to believe in yourself and trust your own instincts.

Here is a link about nursing home conditions in our world,

I
hope that you make the safest and most correct decisions for your life
and for your future. If you remember nothing from this article at all,
kindly remember these four most important things:

Have faith in God, and believe in God. Trust your own instincts and read the suggested book listed above.

Pass this article on to as many people as you can pass it on to.
You just never know who might need to hear all of these words to help
them in their own lives.

I appreciate your comments, ideas, suggestions or
criticisms, and look forward to hearing from you today or in the near
future. Now you have learned how to protect yourself and your health. Do
everything that you can do to remain independent in your own home or in
your own apartment. Trust me you will not like spending your life
inside a nursing home or rehabilitation and care center.

Disclaimer:
I am not saying that no patient should ever go into a nursing home. My
message is clear that it is best for human beings to do whatever they
can legally, emotionally, and physically do to remain out of nursing
homes and physical rehabilitation centers if they can safely avoid doing
so. I am saying that if you can recover or live in your own home or
apartment, you are usually much better off doing that. Make your own
decisions for your life but make your decisions with information and
real facts.